#empty man

[lascitasdelashoras]

Carlos Fdez - The Empty Man, 2023. Erica Berkowitz Coleection

[yzegem]

Silly doodles about the people from the Twisted Islands.

I added some goofy sketches about operating portals (I will eventually do a full post about it) and two mages:

-Guild chief mage: mages are at the top of the guild's hirearchy and work as portal operators, traders/acountants and ingeneers. They are people that have spent years since childhood under a strict education program and are very knowledgable about geometry, physics and the Island's theology and philosophy. Not everyone can become a chief mage, and only the apprentices with the most potential undergo the full training. Most mages now use gold rods set at specific angles in tripods to prime a portal and then use a launcher to make an item go through it. Launchers are adjustable polley systems that can be set so that the cargo breaks the speed of sound just at the right spot and at the right angle, so that it can travel through the portal.

Hydraulic systems are often used for bigger cargo, wich apply energy in the form of pressure rather than speed.

All chief mages are part of the guild system and loyal to the Twisted Islands' confederation. They keep their secrets and work for the guild's enrichment.

-Empty man cultists. I won't explain their whole religion here as I will do another post about the world's religion but they are basically a death cult wich follows the teachings of the empty man. The empty man was a prophet wich, influenced by another religion of the continent, seeked to revitalize the values of the old religion of the islands and their old way of life. They practice extreme isolation and poverty and try to further investigate portals, as they believe their use should not only be trade. Many of them practice portal mutilation, wich is to put a certain limb into a portal right when it's going to shut close. The cultist I have drawn has portal wounds in both of his arms. These limbs now become "twisted". Most cultists are former guild mages wich want to know even more about the portals. When an arm is "twisted", it can be used to prime or straight up open a portal if the user has the right training and mental control and the arm was twisted in just the right way. Empty man cultists are shunned by the guild system and many live in remote island monasteries. They run the portal trade black market and are contacted by certain clients to transport items without the knowledge and taxation of the twisted island's federation.

[shut-up-danny-kun]

Hello Wolf 359 Tumblr, it's nice to meet y'all, etc. etc. I have a question.

What the HELL was up with the Empty Man?

I listened to that episode, absolutely loved it and thought: "there's definitely something going on here, this is important, I should keep this in mind." And then they never elaborated!

Seriously, am I supposed to believe it was "just an experiment" and there never was anything on the station? Really? This feels weird. Am I missing something?

To be clear: it's very much possible that I missed a detail since I was always doing something else while listening. Could I look it up on the Wiki? Sure, but asking for answers on Tumblr is so much more chaotic and fun.

[noir-ash]

The Empty Man (2020) - David Prior

[metabotulism]

[misszura]

I was about to watch the empty man on Disney+, but... Owen teague' french voice sucks so much... i mean listen (this is the french trailer)

Why did they did that ? Even in It is voice is better, and he has less than 15 minutes on screen.

[moviesinpaint]

There is only the great binding nothingness of things. At one time we were one. We will all be one again. This message comes to you directly from the empty man.

[smilechiales]

Am I the only one who thinks Evan Jonigkeit from The Empty Man looks like Pewdiepie?